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Monday, September 11, 2006

At DKNY - Boys Brooks Brothers Jacket

I guessing that this is a Brooks Brothers sportcoat from the boys department.

I have seen a few young ladies do this before and it always looks great.

The proportion is spot on for this woman's body with just enough femme/masculine to be perfectly androgynous.

I think the Brooks Brothers boy's department is the last place for women to buy anything close to a Helmut Lang suit.

This is just right. She's got a great sense of proportion, down to the matter of where the bag "hits" her body....

In re the jacket, I'm always in favor of a successful "steal" from a little--or big--brother's closet....

Anonymous said ... (9:58 AM) :

Sart, I love your comment about the beautifully refined, feminine, contrary-rebellion of "At The Tents.......The Young Lady". Is "At DKNY - Boys Brooks Brothers Jacket" the rebellion? Isn't it just a more common, but ineffective non-event? Can we have some more of the former, ladies? Couldn't this just as well be a used Salvation Army Jacket? No doubt the choices here were well considered, but the beauty is lost on me. Lose the team t-shirt for something silkier and longer, maybe? Lose the flip-flps for some really cute shoesies. Why be so proletarian? Let your beauty shine! - JCH

I actually have every intention of purchasing a few things from Brooks Brothers Boys, as I have too many problems buying in women's or even petites! Great price and quality - who cares if it's from the boys dept?

Good catch on the button placement. Definitely not Brooks Brothers. I'm relieved. I thought I was going to have to rethink Brooks Brothers. I have never quite forgiven the company for "inventing" the button down dress shirt back in 1896.

Yay. I have been wearing Brooks Brothers Boys dept. blazers since I was 19 years old. Tina Chow said that she did the same in an article in U.S. Vogue years ago...I wear the boys trousers too. If you are a woman with a very slim androgynous build...it looks good. It's a little quirky...but with the right accessories it's amazing.

Anonymous said ... (7:58 PM) :

She looks totally great. I love how the jacket fabric catches the light; her hair is perfect and I agree about her sense of proportions. Rock on!

I like that it isn't a blazer for women that tries to look like a blazer for little boys. Like something from a mass market retailer or, even, DKNY maybe? It looks just right - not too snug, not too roomy. And the sleeves are the right length too, which is cool.

Anonymous said ... (12:18 AM) :

Hey Sart,

You are mentioned in a WSJ article ("Bloggers Get Under The Tent"). Here is the link: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB115801727410860002.html?mod=hps_us_editors_picks

ah don't be so quick to assume women don't shop on the mens side. keep in mind there are lesbians, such as myself, out there that consume clothes with a masculine theme. i swear if i had the power i would encourage a designer to send women (lesbians particularly) out on the runway to model their mens line. this would be genius!